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a number of artists including pete seeger, ry cooder, hans theessink, and billy bragg. " the bourgeois blues " is regarded as one of lead belly's best original works, but it also drew controversy. there is doubt over the song's authorship, with some scholars contending that lead belly was unlikely to have written a work in a genre new to him without a collaborator. questions have been raised over his role in the american communist party and whether he and the song were used to further the party's political goals. = = background and creation = = most music historians date the writing of " the bourgeois blues